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\nWe all loved taking on little construction projects when we were kids, from school science projects to just building a tree house in the backyard. Nowadays, we\u2019ll get a job out of the way as quickly as possible just to get it over and done with.
\nThis mentality isn\u2019t uncommon in the rest of the population. In fact, there are construction workers all across the globe who didn’t quite give it their all – to say the least. This leaves us in a world with hilarious construction fails, from stairless doorways to unreachable garages, and railway nightmares. Here are some of the very worst ones that might just make you face-palm as hard as we did.
\n[post_page_title]Coming through\u2026 or not[\/post_page_title]
\nLet\u2019s be honest, bike lanes are great in theory – but do they ever really work? You always have people walking in them, cyclists zig-zagging through them, and it all becomes one helluva transportation mess.
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\nHowever, the one good thing about bike lanes is that it is quite fluid and you do have the ability to move around from one lane to the other (even though you\u2019re not supposed to). Nevertheless, it seems one construction worker was fed up with this happening and decided to put a stop to it once and for all. We bet he\u2019s a cyclist.
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\n[post_page_title]SOTP[\/post_page_title]
\nAs The Supremes once sung, you need to \u2018Sotp in the name of love\u2019…or in the name of construction. At first glance, this piece of road lettering looked completely innocent and perfectly formed, and we were ready to put our foot on the brakes and stop at the junction.
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\nBecause that\u2019s what you do at a STOP sign, right? However, on closer inspection, we don\u2019t know what the heck we\u2019re supposed to do. Do we stop? Do we go? Are we expected to perform an interpretive dance? Come on, man. You had one job.
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\n[post_page_title]A long way down[\/post_page_title]
\nNormally, your front door is located on the ground floor, and all you need to do is simply walk out and greet the world (hi world). Simple, right? Well, there are some houses that have doorways on upper levels – and of course, it makes sense to allow the homeowner to exit their homes and walk down a set of stairs or decking to actually make it down to Earth.
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\nHowever, whoever built this house seemed to have forgotten that key element. The guys inside will either have to jump or climb through the tiny windows down below. Awkward.
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\n[post_page_title]Dangerous roads[\/post_page_title]
\nLet\u2019s be honest, the main purpose of a road is to allow drivers to drive freely in their own lanes, without the fear of driving into oncoming traffic (because that wouldn\u2019t be ideal).
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\nHowever, apparently, the construction workers who built this road and stuck a telephone pole slap bang in the middle of it didn\u2019t get that memo. Ooops. We can\u2019t even imagine what rush hour or the Thanksgiving holiday traffic would be like in this area. It makes us cringe just thinking about it.
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\n[post_page_title]Many manholes[\/post_page_title]
\nDon\u2019t get us wrong, we love a good manhole as much as the next guy (well, as much as you can love manholes, anyway), but don\u2019t you think this is a little excessive?
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\nOf course, we all know that manholes are essential in today\u2019s day and age, but it doesn\u2019t take a genius to know you don\u2019t need THAT many in one small area. This street looks like a giant version of whack-a-sewage – and that\u2019s not the kind of game we want to play. Soz.
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\n[post_page_title]You can\u2019t handle the truth[\/post_page_title]
\nAlthough we totally admire the work and training it takes to become a construction worker or handyman, we have to question HOW THE HECK some people got into the business – because they might want to consider their career options.
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\nScrewing a handle onto a door is one of the easiest jobs in the business, but apparently whoever worked in this house didn\u2019t think so and totally messed this one up. They might as well have just posted a sign on the door saying, \u2018Welcome, burglars. Help yourself to our belongings!\u2019
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\n[post_page_title]A secret balcony [\/post_page_title]
\nFor most of us, it\u2019s a dream to have a balcony attached to our apartment – because what could be better than sipping a nice glass of red while enjoying a beautiful sunset? However, these guys struck gold when they realized that they had more than one balcony.
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\nYuh-huh, they\u2019ve also got a secret balcony that is totally unusable unless they enter into the mindset of James Bond and abseil down the side of their building. They\u2019re living the dream, right?
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\n[post_page_title]Tight security[\/post_page_title]
\nAfter buying your dream home, it\u2019s of paramount importance that you secure your house and your belongings from pesky introducers. Most of the time, people will install CCTV cameras, a burglar alarm, or even protect their property by secure fences and gates.
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\nThat\u2019s what this family wanted to do – but we can\u2019t imagine a burglar would be put off by this fence when they could simply walk over the tiny bushes and steal their loot. Unfortunately, they aren\u2019t 20-foot trees just yet. At least they tried.
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\n[post_page_title]Don\u2019t push me \u2018cuz I am close to the edge[\/post_page_title]
\nLet\u2019s be honest; we have waaaay too many questions surrounding this image. However, the main one is…what happened?! We have no idea how the architect and the construction workers had no idea that the giant bridge they were meticulously building didn\u2019t actually meet up until the last few meters.
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\nBut it\u2019s fair to say that the guy with his hands on his head, and looking up into the air (while he realizes that he works with a bunch of silly billy\u2019s) is feeling the exact same way we are right now.
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\n[post_page_title]The short straw[\/post_page_title]
\nOkay, either this guy is really, really small, or the ATM machine is ridiculously high up. After much debate, we\u2019ve decided that the ATM is just ridiculously high up – but we can\u2019t really see how this would serve any purpose. For starters, you would barely be able to put your card in the machine.
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\nThen, there would be absolutely no way to see your account balance on the screen and don\u2019t even think about putting in the right pin number, because you won\u2019t be able to see it. The only conclusion we\u2019ve come to is that this ATM is getting ready for the day when giants take over this earth.
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\n[post_page_title]Up close and personal[\/post_page_title]
\nIt\u2019s fair to say that going to the bathroom and using a urinal is a pretty awkward experience, especially if there are other people in there. In fact, the unwritten rule is that you leave AT LEAST one empty space between you and the next guy – that\u2019s just how it works.
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\nHowever, we reckon the architect who designed this bathroom was definitely a woman because no sane man would put these two so close together. This makes us feel super uncomfortable *shivers*.
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\n[post_page_title]A big drop[\/post_page_title]
\nAs much as this photograph pains us (where the heck is the staircase?), we\u2019re gonna give these construction workers the benefit of the doubt. There could be a *teeny tiny* chance that this door was built for a specific purpose.
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\nPerhaps these military personnel have to make their way to or from the door without the use of a staircase? We have absolutely no idea why this would be a thing, but we have no idea how someone could forget a staircase either, so we\u2019re running out of ideas.
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\n[post_page_title]The fire exit[\/post_page_title]
\nNow don\u2019t quote us on this, but we THINK that a fire exit is supposed to take us away from impending doom and lead us to safety. However, we can\u2019t really see how this fire exit follows those requirements.
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\nNot only does this door have no staircase attached to it, but anyone opening that door would soon be faced with a 15-foot drop that would be pretty painful. We just hope this is some form of magic door that magically places a trampoline at the bottom as soon as the opens. Fingers crossed\u2026
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\n[post_page_title]Right on track[\/post_page_title]
\nYou have to be a particular kind of person to buy a house by a train track because very few people can deal with the constant rattling and noise of the trains steaming past at all hours of the night.
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\nThese kinda people will also have to deal with the fact that their balcony could be ripped off at any moment by one of these incoming trains – well, the people in this house will have to, anyway. Yep, this piece of balcony construction makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, but at least there is a door this time.
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\n[post_page_title]A dodgy door[\/post_page_title]
\nHave you ever seen one of those movies where a character opens a door to an empty abyss below? The wind blows around them, the ground has fallen beneath them, and they\u2019re suspended in the air. Always looks pretty scary, right?
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\nWell, there are some people who have to live like that on a daily basis – and we certainly don\u2019t envy them. We really hope this is a spare door that is constantly locked, rather than their front door, as that could be a little problematic.
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\n[post_page_title]Walking down the stairs[\/post_page_title]
\nIf you cast your memory back to being a kid (ahhh, those were the days), you\u2019ll probably remember when your dad or uncle would pretend to walk down imaginary stairs. Sure, you knew it was pretty lame – but it was still pretty entertaining.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23113939\/lifebuzz-0d6291d6d70adb118f3f9141f3b147bc-limit_2000.jpg\")
\nWell, we\u2019ve found the place where your embarrassing relatives learn this epic trick! Yuh-huh, to truly perfect this work of magic, you need to walk up and down the stairs that lead to nowhere and work from there. (Of course, we know this a major construction fail, but we\u2019re trying to make light of an awkward situation. Did it work?)
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\n[post_page_title]A blocked driveway[\/post_page_title]
\nOkay, so we don\u2019t pride ourselves on being construction wizards, but we do know that the main aim of having a driveway is that you can drive your car into it.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23113940\/lifebuzz-220fbd853380b534ec77f4fedbf0ea9d-limit_2000.jpg\")
\nHowever, that would be pretty difficult on this driveway, unless you had a tiny smart car or could stretch your car like The Knight Bus in Harry Potter (cor, we wish). We\u2019re not sure how many people would buy this house and the telephone pole that seems to come with it, but it\u2019s fair to say they\u2019d need to be bicycle owners.
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\n[post_page_title]You\u2019re doing it wrong[\/post_page_title]
\nIf there\u2019s one thing we love more than construction fails, it\u2019s when members of the public recognize these fails and react to them in hilarious fashion – like this guy.
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\nOf course, this door is totally useless unless you\u2019re a giant or have a huge ladder to hand, but we have to admire the guts of the graffiti artist who has still managed to get up that high to deface the wall with their accurate (and marvelously funny) reaction. Well, it is true. You ARE doing it wrong.
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\n[post_page_title]A confusing crosswalk[\/post_page_title]
\nWe all know that trying to cross the road isn\u2019t the easiest thing to do – and it\u2019s even worse if you\u2019re visually impaired. Thankfully, American crossroads have been decked out in awesome textured yellow squares, so these visually impaired people know where to cross and where the crosswalk is.
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\nHowever, this only works if the crossroad matches up with these yellow squares. It\u2019s literally just a few lines on the road, it\u2019s really not that hard, guys! They managed to do it on the other side\u2026
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\n[post_page_title]Hotel madness[\/post_page_title]
\nLet\u2019s be honest, this hotel is a little different (and by different we mean wonky) and there are some people who will be put off by this fact, but we bet there are others who will pay hundreds of dollars to stay in the room with the wonky window (because people are weird).
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\nThere is a small chance that this wonky window was the result of a modern art project gone wrong, but it\u2019s more likely that the construction workers were following a botched blueprint from an intoxicated architect.
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\n[post_page_title]A futuristic garage[\/post_page_title]
\nAt first glance, this construction project is pretty laughable – and really doesn\u2019t work. Whether these guys are still waiting for a ramp to connect their garage to the ground or whether they\u2019re just going to leave it like that, we\u2019re not sure.
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\nHowever, we reckon this garage was built by a Blade Runner fan in preparation for 2019 – after all, we\u2019re supposed to have flying cars by then! This guy is prepared. This guy is a visionary. We dig that.
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\n[post_page_title]Blinded by the view[\/post_page_title]
\nOkay, this construction fail makes us feel really sad. Imagine if you started working at this office, and you wanted to take a little break to take peek out of the windows and look upon the beautiful landscape below…to find your view blocked by a wall.
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\nWe\u2019re not sure what\u2019s shocked us more – the fact that someone has actually bought blinds to cover a non-existent wall or the fact that they closed the blinds to make it seem even more realistically. Either way, it\u2019s pretty mean.
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\n[post_page_title]Bathroom blunder[\/post_page_title]
\nAlthough many of these construction fails make us cringe, we have to give this construction worker credit for their stroke of genius. Sure, he definitely shouldn\u2019t have installed a toilet right by the door, but at least he realized his mistake and tried to rectify it.
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\nAfter all, we\u2019d rather be able to close the door and have our legs on show than have to keep the whole door open while we go for a number 2. You gotta work with the space you\u2019ve got, guys.
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\n[post_page_title]On the wrong track[\/post_page_title]
\nWe don\u2019t know what they teach at train conductor school nowadays, but we\u2019re pretty sure they don\u2019t teach drivers to traverse themselves, the train and the rest of the passengers around a giant pole and electricity box. In fact, we think it\u2019s downright impossible.
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\nHopefully, this train track is no longer in use. Otherwise, there might be some pretty angry passengers on board. Whoever constructed this work of non-art was definitely on the wrong track, and should have thought this through a bit better\u2026
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\n[post_page_title]Water, water, everywhere[\/post_page_title]
\nAlright, so we have a few questions for this one because we really don\u2019t get it. For starters, why is that sink so ugly? And why is that faucet so darn long? Obviously, this (ridiculous) length is the main contributing factor to the slightly problematic situation at hand.
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\nSure, you can still clean yourself up, but you\u2019ll probably make even more of a mess on the floor in the process. Let\u2019s hope the owners of this house rip the whole thing out soon and start again. We think that\u2019s best.
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\n[post_page_title]A bridge too far [\/post_page_title]
\nAlthough we\u2019re not at the top of our bridge-making game (well, not yet) we do know that a bridge should definitely NOT be propped up by a pile of rocks – especially when they don\u2019t look too stable.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23113945\/lifebuzz-4d2019b3ff7646bf6c8999e036a1c11d-limit_2000.jpg\")
\nNope, there is no chance we\u2019d ever drive or even walk over this bridge, and we think that whoever worked on this thing should definitely get a good talking to. Our advice? Rip the whole thing down and start again, please!
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\n[post_page_title]A parking permit[\/post_page_title]
\nIf we\u2019re being totally honest, we think it\u2019s clear to see that the tree was definitely there before the house was built – but why would anyone design and build a house around a tree?! It doesn\u2019t take a genius to realize that it\u2019s going to be problematic.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23113945\/lifebuzz-832f719d4544b19b12dd8d74ec4e29a0-limit_2000.jpg\")
\nAlthough these homeowners knew this when they bought the house, we do wonder how they get into their garage. Do they have a really tiny car? Do they slide beside it? And more importantly, does this tree have a parking permit?
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\n[post_page_title]Health and safety[\/post_page_title]
\nIn a day and age where kids aren\u2019t allowed to eat Kinder Eggs or even have fun thanks to new health and safety laws, it\u2019s amazing to see this playground in the depths of America. Yep, that is a rickety slide with a giant pit underneath it.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23113945\/lifebuzz-3e21cb6edbe9f0d87173fb55bf9e37c9-limit_2000.jpg\")
\nHowever, if you look closely, you\u2019ll see a few more of these pits scattered around the area! We\u2019re not sure whether these pits go to a cooler underground playground, but we think it\u2019s more likely that these pits are literally just dark, deep and damp holes in the ground. Nice.
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\n[post_page_title]The stairway to Hogwarts[\/post_page_title]
\nYep, we\u2019re totally obsessed with Harry Potter – and we\u2019re totally okay with it. As intense Potterheads, we were pretty upset to discover that we hadn\u2019t received our owl on our 11th birthday and couldn\u2019t take the Hogwarts Express from Platform 9 \u00be in September.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23113946\/lifebuzz-55065123d2427ff77e5a7533e498619f-limit_2000.jpg\")
\nBut that doesn’t mean we won\u2019t try anything to get into the Wizarding World. It seems we\u2019re not alone, either, as these construction workers tried building the stairway to Hogwarts in this building. Wonder if it worked?
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\n[post_page_title]Leaving the seat up[\/post_page_title]
\nWe argue with our significant other at least once a day because they left the toilet seat up. Most of the time, they have absolutely no excuse for their actions (no matter how hard they try to make one up) but it\u2019s fair to say that whoever goes in this bathroom definitely does have an excuse for leaving the seat up.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23113947\/lifebuzz-bc15eed57ebc1a7331376b2c3a63b968-limit_2000.jpg\")
\nFor starters, there is no lid to leave up, because the urinal is so close to it – there is absolutely no space! No wonder it\u2019s so dirty in there.
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\n[post_page_title]A perfectly decorated window[\/post_page_title]
\nYou guys might need to help us out with this one because we have no idea what we\u2019re looking at. Is this a perfectly decorated window that\u2019s been decked out in its own archway and steps?
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23113947\/lifebuzz-1f99f300b3d09c4002cadebe0d7c8d68-limit_2000.jpg\")
\nOr was this a door that has now been cut in half? We\u2019ve got no clue – and it seems the construction workers didn\u2019t have a clue either. What we do know is that a window doesn\u2019t need any steps, but we do know a few doors that do\u2026
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\n[post_page_title]City life[\/post_page_title]
\nIf you live in the city, you\u2019ll know that it can get pretty intense sometimes. There are cars everywhere, there are people everywhere, and there\u2019s construction work going on ALL. THE. TIME.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/23113948\/lifebuzz-859f069a03fd208c3f0195f47a70908f-limit_2000.jpg\")
\nMost of the time, the construction workers in charge of these houses and office blocks know to avoid main roads. Sure, they can build to the side of the roads – but not slap bang in the middle, like this block of flats. We\u2019re not even sure how this was approved…
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\n[post_page_title]An unusual door[\/post_page_title]
\nYep, you\u2019re thinking what we\u2019re thinking. This is the kind of door you\u2019d see in a horror movie, and one that would allow all kinds of ghosts and ghoulies into our lives – but don\u2019t worry, we\u2019ve got Scooby-Doo and the rest of the Mystery Incorporated crew on speed dial.
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![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/27090313\/Screen-Shot-2020-05-27-at-12.03.01.jpg\")
\nNevertheless, we do have a few questions regarding this door. One: how do you open it? Two: what is its purpose? And three: how did the construction workers not realize there was a *teeny tiny* issue with their handiwork?
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\n[post_page_title]Stairs to heaven [\/post_page_title]
\nIf you\u2019ve seen the incredible Stairs to Heaven in Oahu, Hawaii, you\u2019ll know that these stairs seem to disappear into the clouds – and it\u2019s pretty darn beautiful. We would say that these stairs are pretty similar, but that would be a lie, and we\u2019re not about that life.
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\nWe have no idea how this situation came about. Is the door missing or is the staircase an unplanned addition? It seems we will never know, but we hope someone uses the staircase at some point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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